The annual salary statistics of security guards in Carbondale-Marion, Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage information of security guards in Carbondale-Marion is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $24,960 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,090 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $30,390 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $35,770 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $42,710 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Carbondale-Marion, Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $42,710. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,960.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of security guards from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $30,390 | 2.80% | 32.58% |
| 2021 | $29,540 | 19.91% | - |
| 2020 | $23,660 | -6.00% | - |
| 2019 | $25,080 | -0.52% | - |
| 2018 | $25,210 | 8.57% | - |
| 2017 | $23,050 | 11.11% | - |
| 2016 | $20,490 | -2.39% | - |
| 2015 | $20,980 | 2.34% | - |
| 2012 | $20,490 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,390 in Carbondale-Marion is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Carbondale-Marion is 16.9 percent (16.9%) lower than that in the highest paying East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area and 26.0 percent (26.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Bloomington-Normal.